August 1st 2004 The Fabulous Clipjoint duly won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and introduced a popular pair of would be detectives, Ed & Ambrose Hunter, that would feature in a further six novels. He manages to evoke a gritty, shadowy world filled with suspense, while also maintaining a streak of humour that runs throughout. Plus anything with jazz in it gets bonus points. Though it is not a masterpiece by anyone's reckoning I don't think, it actually held up pretty well the second time through. The Fabulous Clipjoint: An Ed and Am Mystery Novel (A Nonpareil detective mystery) by Fredric Brown. Start by marking “The Fabulous Clipjoint (Ed & Am Hunter #1)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. 1948. It is well written, with a very unique plot, and is an easy read. Yes? His first novel, The Fabulous Clipjoint, won an Edgar Award for outstanding mystery novel. His hum drum exist. … The Fabulous Clipjoint duly won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and introduced a popular pair of would be detectives, Ed & Ambrose Hunter, that would feature in a further six novels. We’d love your help. Brown does a good done, keeping the reader guessing who killed Ed's father and why. It's not short of detail either with Ambrose's sometimes off the wall observations fuelled by the author's own wide experience ranging from the nature of handbags to the basic physical structure of the universe, carney lingo, pop culture references, Jazz, movies, books etc. It's both a crime story and a coming of age story as Ed follows what leads they have, while discovering how little he really knew about his own father from the stories Am tells. And it's smooth. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 February 2018. Well-rounded characters in a realistic setting involved in a murder investigation. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It began a series starring Ed and Ambrose Hunter, and depicts how a young man gradually ripens into a detective under the tutelage of his uncle, an ex–private eye now working as a … This is a fun read full of believable people, dialogue and locales. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction. Very, very good. David R Godine Pub. Copies were difficult to find, and I'm pleased to learn that many have been reissued so I can finally get a chance to read them! The Fabulous Clipjoint (Paperback) Published October 1st 1986 by David R. Godine Publisher. I came "this close" to giving this one 5 stars since it is a quintessential example of a great mystery novel. Ed Hunter is eighteen, and he isn't happy. Even if you don't read this. Brown's playfullness with the narrative comes to the fore in the scenes where Ed does a spot of roleplay, playing a sharp-suited gun killer with an imaginary gun as they try to bluff info out of suspects. Try As amatuer detectives, they seem to flow right into the mode of detection, as Am Hunter (Walter's brother) takes Ed under his wing. ISBN: 0879235977 (ISBN13: … As Am tells Ed, "We're Hunters," playing on the double entendre with full meaning, and they set off to track down the killer. It was not until the early Eighties that I came across re-issues of his collected short mystery fiction. Then, I ran across another copy in a used book store, and realized that my first copy was missing the last third of the book. He also remains popular in Japan. When Ed Hunter is 18 his father is murdered so he goes to his Uncle Am, a carny, for help. In The Fabulous Clipjoint, Fredric Brown spins a great story with most of the elements of noir fiction as written in the 1940’s. The young sleuth and hero of the story, Ed trying to find the person or persona responsible for his f. I initially read this book 4 years ago and picked it up again after borrowing an anthology of Brown's work for this series. Am is a great character, and there's some wonderfully-detailed glances at seedy Chicago. In The Fabulous Clipjoint, Fredric Brown spins a great story with most of the elements of noir fiction as written in the 1940’s. The Fabulous Clipjoint reads in spots like a hardboiled Hardy Boys mystery because the narrator is an innocent teen. Paperback, 181 pages. The young sleuth and hero of the story, Ed trying to find the person or persona responsible for his father's death in a desserted Chicago alley. Welcome back. Ed is an 18 year old living in Chicago with his father, step mother and teenage step sister. I really enjoy Fredric Brown. And it's smooth. Something went wrong. Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, mystery, short fantasy and black comedy writer. But. It was not until the early Eighties that I came across re-issues of his collected short mystery fiction. EMBED. BROWN, Fredric. The Fabulous Clipjoint by Brown, Fredric and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Ed is an 18 year old living in Chicago with his father, step mother and teenage step sister. Conditions apply. 1948 Edgar Award Winner! While never in the front rank of popularity in his lifetime, Brown has developed a considerable cult following in the almost half century since he last wrote. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. Buy this product and stream 90 days of Amazon Music Unlimited for free. I was surprised later when I encountered others who had always thought of him as a mystery writer with a sideline in science fiction, which had gotten out of hand. Brown's first person narrative and snappy dialogue just roll through the mind. In this first book in the series, Ed Hunter is just a young man of 18 working in a print shop and his uncle Ambrose is an ex-private eye now working as a carnival concessionaire. The Fabulous Clipjoint: Large Print: Brown, Fredric: Amazon.sg: Books. Author (s): Fredric Brown. It's both a crime story and a coming of age story as Ed follows what leads they have, while discovering how little he really knew about his own father from the stories Am tells. I can see why Mickey Spillane named Brown as his favorite writer. Ambrose immediately leaves with Ed, determined to find who killed Ed’s father and Ambrose’s brother. He was one of the boldest early writers in genre fiction in his use of narrative experimentation. The belief was that guys wouldn't go to "chick flicks" and older teens wouldn't go to films intended for younger viewers, so nineteen year old males became the target demographic. By the time Fredric Brown wrote this, his first full novel, he had already been a prolific contributor to the pulp mags of the 1930s & 40s, turning in works across multiple genres from Sci-fi to Noir. He was one of the boldest early writers in genre fiction in his use of narrative experimentation. “The Fabulous Clipjoint” (1947), by Frederic Brown, is a coming-of-age story about Ed Hunter, whose father is murdered in a Chicago alley. Ed Hunter is an eighteen year old kid in Chicago the night his dad was murdered. Ed Hunter is eighteen, and he isn't happy. by Blackmask.com. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? flag. “The Fabulous Clipjoint” (1947), by Frederic Brown, is a coming-of-age story about Ed Hunter, whose father is murdered in a Chicago alley. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. After reading several ultra cynical modern day noir novels recently it was refreshing to see that even during the golden age of the genre Noir wasn't always entirely bleak, cold and black. His hum drum existence as a printer working at the same firm as his father by day and dreaming of becoming a jazz musician by night is shattered when his father is found dead, murdered in a dark alley in a seedy part of town. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. I think Ed's reflections on his father, the father he got to know much better only after he was dead, impressed me more this time around than it did in the first read. Smooth With the Dames. A really great read and a perfect example of this type of novel. This is the first in what became a series featuring Ed and Ambrose Hunter, a nephew-uncle team who solve a mystery in more ways than one. I recently read the classic mystery, winner of the Edgar award for best first novel. THE FABULOUS CLIPJOINT by BROWN, FREDERIC and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. Some of those stories from the Thirties and Forties seemed as dated as much fiction from that period, with outmoded social concepts, citations of forgotten radio shows or films, and references to people once household names but totally unknown now. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. Then his father doesn't come home one night, and Ed finds out how good he had it. 1948. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. While never in the front rank of popularity in his lifetime, Brown has developed a considerable cult following in the almost half century since he last wrote. Why not focus on some serious family drama? Only Hammett comes close. Not yours, of course, but a fictional family whose story you can follow through the generations of... 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